The authorities of Netherlands They want the country to be attractive to what High level scientists With various problems in countries where they are currently working, they can continue with their work in Dutch centers. To do this They have announced the creation of a fund of 50 million eurosaccording to Bloomberg.
In principle, the fund will be used to attract scientists and first level researchers, from any country outside the European Union. Everything points, however, that it is designed to try to attract scientists, both national and foreign, who work in the United States and have encountered the federal fund cuts that Donald Trump is doing in institutions and entities dedicated to research and science.
The fund, which they have called Tulip, wants to incorporate 50 researchers to the research institutions of the Netherlands, and will pay the institutions that welcome up to one million euros for each person they hire.
Since last January, the Trump administration has cut millions of dollars of federal funds financing of all kinds. He has also fired tens of thousands of federal employees, among which there are a good number of scientists and researchers. Therefore, other countries, in particular of the European Union, are implementing initiatives such as the one just announced to try to attract them to the institutions of their countries.
Among other countries, both from the EU and outside, the Netherlands are competing for the research talent in the United States, with Canada or Norway. It is likely that several of these initiatives are successful, since according to a survey conducted by the journal Nature a few months ago, more than 1,200 scientists who are currently developing their work in the United States, or that they have done it until recently, said they were valuing the possibility of moving to other countries to continue their work. They represent about 75% of respondents.
Among the countries and regions that were more attractive to continue their work are Canada and the member countries of the European Union. Hence the implementation of initiatives such as The Tulip fund, which in the second half of this July will open the deadline for submitting applications.
After this, the country’s institutions interested in hosting investigators will have six months to choose their candidates. Subsequently, they will communicate their selection to the NWO Research Council of the Netherlands, which will be responsible for making the final selection of candidates.
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